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The Ministry of Culture and Sports announced that three ancient quarries mining Karystos shale marble were found while wind parks were being installed by the ENEL and Silsio companies, in the greater area of the Karystos Municipality and the sites of Anatoli in the Kafireas region and at Trikorfo, Marmari, under the supervision of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Euboea. Continue reading “Three ancient quarries found in South Euboea”
Archaeologists in Peru have used cutting edge technology to delve deeply in the structure and architecture of a ceremonial baths complex. The site comprises a stone altar and 14 baths positioned in groups of seven on both sides of the sacred rock. Researchers have used ground-penetrating radar and laser scans along with excavations to reveal two structures hidden in the tropical forest. Continue reading “Researchers reveal Inca bath complex structure”
The archaeological artefacts that we study form only a minor fraction of the objects that were in circulation in prehistoric times. In the case of amber, however, there is an exceptional degree of underestimation. Amber is soft, fragile, inflammable and weathers easily. All this taken together makes the single amber artifacts that we find, in fact, representative of much larger quantities that were in use by a community under investigation. Continue reading “Amber Trade in Prehistoric Europe – From the Baltic to the Mediterranean”
A substance found by archaeologists working in an Ancient Egyptian tomb has proved to be one of the oldest cheeses ever discovered. Continue reading “Ancient Egypt: Cheese discovered in 3,200-year-old tomb”
A University of Southampton archaeologist and Oxford Archaeology have found evidence that Neanderthals were living in Britain at the start of the last ice age, 40,000 years earlier than previously thought. Continue reading “Neanderthals walked into frozen Britain 40,000 years earlier than first thought, evidence shows”
Here we present selected parts from the very informative paper titled “The Mycenaean drainage works of north Kopais, Greece: a new project incorporating surface surveys, geophysical research and excavation“, by E. Kountouri, N. Petrochilos, N. Liaros, V. Oikonomou, D. Koutsoyiannis, Ν. Mamassis, N. Zarkadoulas, A. Vött, H. Hadler, P. Henning, T. Willershäuser. Continue reading “13th century BC Myceneans: The first hydraulic civilization of Europe? Man’s most ancient attempt to control an aquatic environment using hydraulic works”
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